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Another question that came to my mind at least: Whereas this may not apply to Mr. Libeskind, Mr. Piano is in all likelihood a fully qualified architect in Italy, since he studied and then taught at the Politecnico di Milano. I may be wrong about this, but my understanding has always been that the rules of the EU mean that qualifications in one member states must be recognised in all others. Does the ARB stand above the law? Oh, and do their rules apply to dead people, too? That would be an interesting point, as it would mean that neither Mies van der Rohe nor Walter Gropius, neither le Corbusier nor Palladio were ever architects. A pity, really, considering how many loft extensions they could have done in their lifetimes.